Asokwa MP and MCE inspect road projects
Member of Parliament (MP) for Asokwa Constituency in the Ashanti, Madam Patricia Appiagyei, has embarked on an inspection tour of road projects in all 12 electoral areas in the constituency. Accompanied by the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Akwannuasah Gyimah, Madam Appiagyei inspected a total of 11.3 kilometers of roads under construction. The MP and […]
Parents queue to seek admissions in public schools
Some Parents have queued up in some public schools in Accra to seek for admissions for their wards due to government directives on school reopening to start a new academic year amidst COVID-19. The Ghana News Agency (GNA) team on Thursday visited some public schools in Accra and saw parents with their wards in queues […]
COVID-19: Police arrest over 85 people in Cape Coast for flouting safety protocols
The Central Region Police Command has arrested over 85 persons for allegedly violating the COVID-19 safety protocols in the Cape Coast Metropolis on Thursday. The arrests were made at Abura and Kotokoraba, suburbs of Cape Coast. It followed the president’s directive to the security services to collaborate and enforce the COVID-19 safety protocols in the […]
Fresh charges against Professor Benneh’s murder suspects
The Police on Wednesday, January 20, substituted and preferred fresh charges on two suspects allegedly involved in the murder of Professor Emmanuel Yaw Benneh, the law lecturer who was murdered in cold blood at his residence at Agyiriganor in Accra. In the new charge sheet, Ebenezer Kwayisi aka Junior, a 25-year-old mason apprentice has now […]
President Akufo-Addo appoints Akwasi Agyeibi Prempeh as Commissioner of AIB
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has appointed Mr Akwasi Agyeibi Prempeh, as the Commissioner for the Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation and Prevention Bureau (AIB), Ministry of Aviation. Prior to his appointment, Mr Prempeh was the Coordinator for the Accident Investigation Unit at the Ministry, a position he held for two years. A statement […]
Police caution youth against lawlessness
Commissioner of Police (COP) the Director-General, Technical Unit of the Ghana Police Service, Mr Samuel Monney, has cautioned the youth against vandalizing Police Stations and other public property. According to him, Police Stations are public property and communities ought to protect such premises and officers posted to serve primarily in their own interest. COP Monney […]
Schools to run shift in Lower-West Akyem Municipality
Some schools in the Lower-West Akyem Municipality in the Eastern Region, are to run a shift system to ensure social distancing in the classrooms begins. According to the Deputy Director of Monitoring and Evaluation of the Municipal Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) in an interview with the GNA, Mr Daniel Yeboah stated that, […]
AMA empowers PWDs with working tools and seed capital
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has supported 57 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in the city with working tools and seed capital of GH¢200.00 each to be self-sufficient. The items included; freezers, popcorn machines, industrial machines, and fridges. Coordinating Director of the AMA, Mr Benjamin Armah, speaking on behalf of the Metropolitan Chiefs Executive, Mr Mohammed […]
COVID-19: Government, school managers must ensure strict protocol adherence in schools
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has called on the government, school managers, pupils, and students to promote adequate education and ensure strict adherence to all COVID-19 preventive protocols. It said the adherence to all strategies for early detection, isolation, and treatment of any potential COVID-19 cases in schools, was very critical in preventing the spread […]
Court sentences recidivist to 24 months
The Enchi District Magistrate court has sentenced a twenty-year-old rickshaw rider to 24 months imprisonment in hard labor for stealing a royal motorbike with registration number M-16-AS-4029. Samuel Ebbah, alias Gadafi, who pleaded guilty to the offence was recently jailed for committing a similar offence. Before the presiding Judge, Mr Eric Baah Boateng delivered his […]
Government presents ¢15,000 to victims of Techiman post-election violence
Bono East Regional Minister Kofi Amoakohene has visited and comforted families of the two, who died in the post-elections violence that erupted in the Techiman Municipality on December 8, 2020. Accompanied by the members of the Bono East Regional Security Council, the Minister on behalf of the government on Wednesday presented GH¢5,000 each to the […]
Weeds takeover basic schools in Western Region
Weeds have now taken over the compounds of some basic schools in the Western Region following the long closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, some of the school blocks have developed serious cracks on them. With barely a week to the reopening, the situation in some schools visited by the Ghana News Agency showed […]
Bolgatanga Technical University ready for reopening
The Bolgatanga Technical University (BTU) in the Upper East Region has established a COVID-19 taskforce to ensure compliance with the protocols. This is to ensure and help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus disease when students return to school. About a week ago, President Akufo-Addo announced that students of tertiary institutions could return to […]
President commissions auditorium for Kyebi Presbyterian College of Education
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commissioned an ultra-modern 3000 seater capacity auditorium for use at the Kyebi Presbyterian College of Education. The auditorium named after the President is known as ‘Nana Akufo-Addo’ auditorium and was funded from the GetFund. The President was supported by the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori-Panin, […]
